It wasn't documented anywhere, but one bonus effect of commit 725053a is that TouchableOpacity now has an Animated.View root which supports multiple children. So if you've upgraded to React Native 0.14.0 or higher, you can now get rid of the container view when using TouchableOpacity:

TouchableHighlight and TouchableWithoutFeedback still require a single child as of RN 0.16.0, though I would normally avoid using them anyway — TouchableHighlight often creates undesirable artifacts, and TouchableWithoutFeedback leads to a poor user experience when used alone.